Irene
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irene Maud Lentz (December 8, 1901 – November 15, 1962) also known mononymously and professionally as Irene, was an American fashion designer and costume designer. Her work as a clothing designer in Los Angeles led to her career as a costume designer for films in the 1930s. Lentz also worked under the name Irene Gibbons. Lentz had been taught sewing as a child and, with a flair for style, she decided to open a small dress shop. The success of her designs in her tiny store eventually led to an offer from the Bullocks Wilshire luxury department store to design for their Ladies Custom Salon which catered to a wealthy clientele including a number of Hollywood stars. Lentz's designs at Bullocks gained her much attention in the film community and she was contracted by independent production companies to design the wardrobe for some of their productions. Billing herself simply as "Irene", her first work came in 1933 on the film Goldie Gets Along featuring her designs for star Lily Damita. However, her big break came when she was hired to create the gowns for Ginger Rogers for her 1937 film Shall We Dance with Fred Astaire. This was followed by more designs in another Ginger Rogers film as well as work for other independents such as Walter Wanger Productions, Hal Roach Studios as well as majors such as RKO, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. During the 1930s, Irene Lentz designed the film wardrobe for leading ladies such as Constance Bennett, Hedy Lamarr, Joan Bennett, Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard, Ingrid Bergman, and Loretta Young among others. She "is generally regarded as the originator of the dressmaker suit" that was popular in the late 1930s. Through her work, Lentz met and married short story author and screenwriter Eliot Gibbons, brother of multi-Academy Award winning Cedric Gibbons, head of art direction at MGM Studios. Despite her success, working under the powerful set designer Cedric while being married to his brother Eliot was not easy. Irene confided to her close friend Doris Day that the marriage to Eliot was not a happy one. Generally regarded as the most important and influential production designer in the history of American films, Cedric Gibbons hired Lentz when gown designer Adrian left MGM in 1941 to open his own fashion house. By 1943 she was a leading costume supervisor at MGM, earning international recognition for her "soufflé creations" and is remembered for her avant-garde wardrobe for Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). In 1950, Lentz left MGM to open her own fashion house. After Lentz was out of the film industry for nearly ten years, Doris Day requested her services for the production Midnight Lace (Universal, 1960). The following year she did the costume design for another Day film, Lover Come Back (1961), and during 1962 worked on her last production, A Gathering of Eagles (1963). Lentz was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for B.F.'s Daughter (1948). She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color for Midnight Lace (1960).
Up Goes Maisie
(Costume Supervisor)
Kismet
(Costume Supervisor)
The Arnelo Affair
(Costume Design)
Slightly Dangerous
(Costume Supervisor)
The Hoodlum Saint
(Costume Design)
The Human Comedy
(Costume Supervisor)
Living in a Big Way
(Costume Design)
Week-End at the Waldorf
(Costume Supervisor)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
(Costume Supervisor)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
(Costume Supervisor)
The Unfinished Dance
(Costume Supervisor)
No Time for Love
(Costume Design)
Wedding Present
(Costume Design)
Easy to Wed
(Costume Design)
Gentle Annie
(Costume Supervisor)
Faithful in My Fashion
(Costume Design)
Anchors Aweigh
(Costume Supervisor)
Yolanda and the Thief
(Costume Design)
Nothing But Trouble
(Costume Supervisor)
See Here, Private Hargrove
(Costume Supervisor)
Bathing Beauty
(Costume Supervisor)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(Costume Supervisor)
Tales of Manhattan
(Costume Design)
Easter Parade
(Costume Design)
Two Smart People
(Costume Supervisor)
The Palm Beach Story
(Costume Design)
Desire Me
(Costume Design)
Girl Crazy
(Costume Supervisor)
Courage of Lassie
(Costume Supervisor)
Music for Millions
(Costume Design)
Midnight
(Costume Design)
You'll Never Get Rich
(Costume Design)
Gaslight
(Costume Design)
You Can't Take It with You
(Costume Design)
Topper Takes a Trip
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Dangerous Partners
(Costume Supervisor)
Eternally Yours
(Costume Design)
Vivacious Lady
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She Went to the Races
(Costume Supervisor)
Neptune's Daughter
(Costume Design)
In Name Only
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The Great Sinner
(Costume Design)
Tenth Avenue Angel
(Costume Design)
Swing Shift Maisie
(Costume Supervisor)
Key to the City
(Costume Design)
The Bribe
(Costume Design)
This Time for Keeps
(Costume Design)
Fiesta
(Costume Design)
Please Believe Me
(Costume Design)
Goldie Gets Along
(Costume Design)
State of the Union
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Broadway Rhythm
(Costume Design)
Lost Angel
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The Wife Takes a Flyer
(Costume Design)
A Gathering of Eagles
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The Sun Comes Up
(Costume Design)
Scene of the Crime
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Reunion in France
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Topper
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In the Good Old Summertime
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Undercover Maisie
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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Waterloo Bridge
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On an Island with You
(Costume Design)
Meet the People
(Costume Supervisor)
Merton of the Movies
(Costume Design)
Madame Curie
(Costume Supervisor)
The Secret Heart
(Costume Supervisor)
Two Sisters from Boston
(Costume Supervisor)
The Harvey Girls
(Costume Supervisor)
B.F.'s Daughter
(Costume Design)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(Costume Supervisor)
Her Highness and the Bellboy
(Costume Design)
Song of the Thin Man
(Costume Supervisor)
High Barbaree
(Costume Design)
The Barkleys of Broadway
(Costume Design)
National Velvet
(Costume Supervisor)
Mrs. Parkington
(Costume Supervisor)
Cry 'Havoc'
(Costume Supervisor)
The Talk of the Town
(Costume Design)
Arise, My Love
(Costume Design)
Adventure
(Costume Design)
Two Girls and a Sailor
(Costume Supervisor)
Lover Come Back
(Costume Design)
Green Dolphin Street
(Costume Supervisor)
Take a Letter, Darling
(Costume Design)
The Valley of Decision
(Costume Supervisor)
Shall We Dance
(Costume Design)
The Pirate
(Costume Supervisor)
Shadow on the Wall
(Costume Design)
Above Suspicion
(Costume Supervisor)
To Be or Not to Be
(Costume Design)
Cass Timberlane
(Costume Design)
Meet Me in St. Louis
(Costume Supervisor)
The Thin Man Goes Home
(Costume Supervisor)
The Sailor Takes a Wife
(Costume Design)
Too Many Husbands
(Costume Design)
The Clock
(Costume Supervisor)
You Were Never Lovelier
(Costume Design)
The Sea of Grass
(Costume Supervisor)
Thousands Cheer
(Costume Supervisor)
They All Kissed the Bride
(Costume Design)
Undercurrent
(Costume Supervisor)
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(Costume Supervisor)
Best Foot Forward
(Costume Supervisor)
Du Barry was a Lady
(Costume Supervisor)
Julia Misbehaves
(Costume Design)
Cabin in the Sky
(Costume Supervisor)
Till the Clouds Roll By
(Costume Supervisor)
Lucky Partners
(Costume Design)
Bachelor Mother
(Costume Design)
Without Love
(Costume Supervisor)
Intermezzo: A Love Story
(Costume Design)
The Devil and Miss Jones
(Costume Design)
The Hucksters
(Costume Supervisor)
Hired Wife
(Costume Designer)
That Uncertain Feeling
(Costume Design)
The Hidden Eye
(Costume Supervisor)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
(Costume Supervisor)
Swing Fever
(Costume Supervisor)
A Guy Named Joe
(Costume Supervisor)
Ziegfeld Follies
(Costume Supervisor)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
(Costume Design)
Madame Curie
(Costume Design)
The White Cliffs of Dover
(Costume Supervisor)
Midnight Lace
(Costume Design)
Green Hell
(Costume Design)
Dark Delusion
(Costume Supervisor)
Between Two Women
(Costume Design)
Thrill of a Romance
(Costume Supervisor)
Merrily We Live
(Costume Design)
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
(Costume Design)
Son of Lassie
(Costume Supervisor)
Lady in the Lake
(Costume Supervisor)
Song of Love
(Costume Supervisor)
Cynthia
(Costume Design)
Algiers
(Wardrobe Designer)
The Canterville Ghost
(Costume Supervisor)
Twice Blessed
(Costume Designer)
Trade Winds
(Costume Design)
Seven Sinners
(Costume Designer)
Maisie Goes to Reno
(Costume Supervisor)
The Yearling
(Costume Supervisor)
Rationing
(Costume Supervisor)
Bad Bascomb
(Costume Supervisor)